''Interior of the Sint-Odulphuskerk in Assendelft'' is a painting by the Dutch artist

Pieter Jansz. Saenredam Pieter Jansz. Saenredam (9 June 1597 – buried 31 May 1665) was a painter of the Dutch Golden Age painting, Dutch Golden Age, known for his distinctive paintings of whitewashed church interiors such as ''Interior of St Bavo's Church in Haarlem ...

(1597-1665), showing the interior of a church in Assendelft. It is now in the

Rijksmuseum The Rijksmuseum () is the national museum of the Netherlands dedicated to Dutch arts and history and is located in Amsterdam. The museum is located at the Museum Square in the borough of Amsterdam South, close to the Van Gogh Museum, the St ...

in Amsterdam. The artist had decided to specialize in architectural interiors in 1628 and made his first sketches for this work in 1633–1634. He then used these as the basis for a 1643 preparatory drawing to establish the perspective, finally completing the painting itself on 2 October 1649, as shown by the date painted on the bench to the left.

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*https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/collectie/SK-C-217 category:1649 paintings Paintings in the collection of the Rijksmuseum {{17C-painting-stub category:Paintings by Pieter Jansz. Saenredam